America -> Italy

Clowns at the circus

• Fish Form Social Networks—and They're Actually Good
  “And so those fish are then left with less information about when it's safe to go out and eat and control these algae. And this feedback has these ecosystem-level consequences.”
• America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter
  "It’s not Columbus’ fault that industry promises about the imminent arrival of self-driving cars were way overblown." ← Actually, it is Columbus' fault.
• A Battle Between a Great City and a Great Lake
  "Chicago has a weakness at its very foundations. The towering skyscrapers and temples of commerce were built upon a swamp."
• BONE MUSIC
  The story of bootlegged records pressed to x-ray film in Soviet Russia.
• Design History of New Orleans' Iconic Shotgun Home
  This simple vernacular architecture is more complex than it seems.
• Fauxliage
  Disguised Cell Towers of the American West
• City Describer on Twitter: "a circuit board"
  A photo of the city of Chicago, awkwardly described by Microsoft's computer vision AI.
• We Rode Amtrak’s California Zephyr Train Across Colorado. Here’s What We Saw And Who We Met
  Classic travel. Recommend.
• River Runner
  Click anywhere on the map and watch a satellite fly-through of where a drop of water falling there will end up.
• The Psychology, Geography, and Architecture of Horror
  How Places Creep Us Out